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A Message from the Superintendent

The administrators, teachers, and support staff of the Glendale Union High School District (GUHSD) remain committed to providing our students the best education in Arizona. Our students continue to earn scores on state mandated assessments that exceed the averages in Maricopa County and Arizona. All schools in the GUHSD have also been identified by the Arizona Department of Education with achievement profiles that are Highly Performing, and Excelling. These results are an indication that our curriculum is aligned to the Arizona State Standards, that our students can demonstrate what they have been taught at high academic levels, and that our students are prepared to confront the challenges they will encounter as they continue their academic pursuits in the future.

In additon to preparing our students for academic success, we are committed to being accessible and available to the parents and neighbors in the communities that we serve. In fact, we are proud to announce that a new "parent portal" will be available though our new Infite Campus Education Managment System within the next couple of months. The personnel in our Information and Technology Department are working hard to ensure that parents will have fast and easy access to information that would have required many phone calls to many different departments in the past. For example, parents will be able to check on their student's academic progress, determine whether their child was in attendance in each class period, and review any disciplinary referrals and consequences from the comfort of their home or from anywhere they have Internet access. Parents will also have greater access to teachers and administrators through the use of active e-mail connections on the parent portal. Communication will be easier and faster than ever.

These are indeed exciting times in the Glendale Union High School District. Our District is fortunate to have the support of parents and neighbors who are eager to work collaboratively with the teachers and administrators to provide students with environments that are clean, safe, and equipped with technological tools to promote effective learning. The strong support throughout the communities we serve has resulted in successful bond and override elections in the past. The new Media Centers that have been built at each school are an excellent example of the benefits our students receive when our parents and neighbors take an interest in supporting our schools.

I thank each of you for entrusting your children to us. We take that responsibility seriously. We won't let you down.

Sincerely,
Warren Jacobson

New Superintendent Announced for Glendale Union High School District

July 2006 - The Glendale Union High School District Governing Board is pleased to announce the recommendation of Mr. Warren K. Jacobson as the new Superintendent for the district, effective July 1, 2006. Mr. Jacobson replaces Mr. Vernon Jacobs, who left the district on June 30th.

Currently employed as the Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction for the district, Mr. Jacobson has served the district for the past 28 years. As Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, Mr. Jacobson has overseen the instructional management system of the GUHSD, including the coordination of the district's curriculum and assessment practices and the award-winning teacher mentor program.

A high school graduate of the Glendale Union High School District, Mr. Jacobson joined the district in 1978 as a teacher at GUHSD's Thunderbird High School in Phoenix, Arizona. There he taught United States Government, Free Enterprise, International Relations and United States History.